EastEnders Adam Woodyatt praises son for running London Marathon just months after coma left him unable to walk

The pair raised £6500 for the Air Ambulance that came to son's rescue after horrific crash

By Jon Hornbuckle

24th April 2017, 9:43 am

Updated: 24th April 2017, 12:37 pm

EASTENDERS legend Adam Woodyatt has praised his “miraculous” son Sam after they both completed the London Marathon just months after a car accident left him in a coma - and unable to walk.

Sam Woodyatt, 18, suffered a fractured pelvis, slight brain injury and other more minor injuries after he was hit by a car last September.

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Sam and Adam Woodyatt at the London Marathon starting line

Despite running the first mile of the marathon together, Sam finished almost three hours ahead of his father with the EastEnders actor clocking in a time of seven hours compared to his son’s four hours and 24 minutes.

Speaking to the Press Association, Adam - who plays Ian Beale on the soap - explained: “He got hit by a car back in September, the London Air Ambulance came out to him and put him in an induced coma for two days, a five-hour op to rebuild his pelvis.

“He was in a wheelchair for eight weeks, had to learn to walk again which he did really quickly, then he had to run which he did really, really quickly.”

The proud father, 48, then revealed: “It has been pretty miraculous and then he goes and runs this in four hours and 24 minutes. It was brilliant.”

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Sam made a speedy recovery after the horrific crash left him with a fractured pelvis

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Adam finished the London Marathon in seven hours

Explaining his slightly slower time, Adam confessed: “Somewhere around Poplar, might have been Docklands, I don’t know, we stopped and got an ice cream.”

Adam and son pictured before Sam's horrific car accident

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